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Born A Ghost

Michael Murdoch·May 31, 2021

Born A Ghost written by: Michael Murdoch @TwistingTail A shadow of a memory of a man The...

English Poetry

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Realm of the Vermilion Bird

Cindy Medina·May 21, 2021

Realm of the Vermilion Bird written by: Cindy Medina @Cindy_M65 The Vermilion Bird; spark of mytho-poetic dreams,...

Poetry English

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Just Enough for Coffee

Jake Cosmos Aller·February 9, 2021

Just Enough for Coffee written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @Jakecaller A homeless man Stood on the street Counting...

Magic Times

Theta Pavis·January 11, 2021

Magic Times written by: Theta Pavis @ThetaPavis When you dressed me as Cleopatra I won the costume...

Poetry English

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Albert and Einstein

Richard Prime·December 25, 2020

Albert and Einstein written by: Richard Prime It was seven AM Christmas morning, Dad was just lighting...

Virtual Christmas

Tom Ball·December 14, 2020

Virtual Christmas written by: Tom Ball I: The Ghost of Christmas Past My first memory of...

Literature Christmas English

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Ash, a poem written by Michael Ball at Spillwords.com

Ash

Michael Ball·December 8, 2020

Ash written by: Michael Ball @whirred I knew what to do when her ashes came. My mother...

Poetry English Haunted Holidays

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The Spirit of the Season

Ivanka Fear·December 7, 2020

The Spirit of the Season written by: Ivanka Fear @FearIvanka Every creak you hear… my footsteps on...

Haunted Holidays English Featured Post Poetry

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She is Gone

Tanisha Khurana·December 7, 2020

She is Gone written by: Tanisha Khurana @khurana_tanisha She is gone She is gone into that dark...

Poetry English Haunted Holidays

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House of The Hag

Zach Ellenberger·December 6, 2020

House of The Hag written by: Zach Ellenberger @zak4prez911 When my father told me, we’d be moving...

Featured Post Haunted Holidays English Literature

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The Candle In The Window

Roger Turner·December 4, 2020

The Candle In The Window written by: Roger Turner @titansdad There’s a candle burning nightly In the...

Featured Post Haunted Holidays English Poetry

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ONRYO II

Annalyn Neo Celeste·December 4, 2020

ONRYO II written by: Annalyn Neo Celeste @LadyTraderrr In the moonlight emerged a silhouette Silence of the...

Poetry English Haunted Holidays

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Ghost Town

Yvonne Allen·November 17, 2020

Ghost Town written by: Yvonne Allen It was a bright, breezy summer’s morning when I disembarked from...

Literature English

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Spirit of The Corn

Richard Prime·October 30, 2020

Spirit of The Corn written by: Richard Prime Travelling home from a day at a client site,...

Featured Post 13 Days of Halloween English Literature Halloween

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I was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. At fifteen I left school without the skills or maturity to appreciate the wider world. At nineteen I packed a bag and wandered through Europe and North Africa, learning from the road. At twenty‑five I earned the qualifications for university, eventually becoming a high school teacher and later an education manager. Now I live with my amazing wife on an island north of Seattle. After retiring and with encouragement from Spillwords and the Clever Park Writers Group, I traded reports for storytelling. And that's where the fiction began...

Cast Off by Niall Crowley

The two computer screens tighten their grip. Tom pivots between them, tracking one while he works on the other. Careful discipline from early morning to close of business. Number crunching, he would have termed it before. Now it’s data management and verification, his task to model and tabulate clients’ financial situations and options. Bookkeeping, he would admit to, in more candid moments. He’s tethered firmly to the task, though, and has been since he started here, nearly two years now. Bound in the rigour the work requires, as if life itself depends on it. Top floor, dormer window ...

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